Chapter 39 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 39.28

बलैस्तु संकुलां कृत्वा लङ्कां परबलार्दनः। मां नयेद् यदि काकुत्स्थस्तत् तस्य सदृशं भवेत्॥

balaistu saṃkulāṃ kṛtvā laṅkāṃ parabalārdanaḥ| māṃ nayed yadi kākutsthastat tasya sadṛśaṃ bhavet||

English Meaning

If blocking up Lankā with his army, that afflictor of hostile hosts, Kākutstha took me (hence), that would be worthy of him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)